'ملف رقم 9/50 (B 16) حادث دبي' [و‎‎١‎٣‎١] (٤٩٢/٢٧٢)

Oopy of a letter No.185, dated the 6th July 1911, from
the Residency Agent, Shargah, to the Political Resident in the
Persian Gulf.
I beg to state that the Captain of H.M.S."Fox ,, sent
the steam cutter on the 22nd June 1911 to Shargah inviting me
to go to him on the man-of-war which was at anchor off Ajman.
I went to him immediately by the launch and called on him.
He stated to me that he had asked the Sheikh of Ajman to come
on board with a view to having an interview with him, but that
the Chief had declined to do so, on the pretext of being in
disposed and busy, "e sent me therefore to bring the Sheikh
to the man-of-war.
As desired by the Captain, I went to the Sheikh of Ajman
and inquired from him as to why he did not accept the Captain's
invitation to call on him on board the man-of-war. The Sheikh
replied that he did not wish to have interviews with the Cap
tains of the men-of-war as he did not iinow them and did not un
derstand their habits and motives and was ai raid of them. At
length, I took the Sheikh with me to the man-of-war and the
Captain told him during the interview, that he wished to erect
a tido-pole In the Ajman Creek in order to jiiioiv oho a^ptn O j.
the sea during the high tide and the low tide. The Sheikh of
Ajman did not agree to the tide pole being erected stating,
firstly that the townspeople would be frightened by its erec
tion and secondly that the people of Hamriyeh who had ill-
blood with the people of Ajman, would probably come to the
creek at night time and remove the pole in v /hich case blame
will attach the Sheikh of Ajman. As the Captain tola me tnat
he will have, at any rate, to erect the tide pole m the Ajman
Greek for seven days, I assured the Shbikho aga' th^ mis
haps of which he was afraid in connection with the pole. he
Bhoito having a B r e8 d, I returned with him to AJn.an. On learn-
ing the Sheikh's assent to the erection of the pole, all the
Sfeeiiik inhabitants began rebuking the sheikh as to why he aid
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